Section 5. Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled, 37-5-1 through 37-5-10.
ARTICLE 5
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS UNDERGOING HABILITATION, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, ETC., GENERALLY
37-5-5. Duty of county board of health to provide community services; district health department to advise families or guardians of developmentally disabled individuals.
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County boards of health shall, subject to limitations herein specified, provide community services and shall employ such personnel as may be needed to serve developmentally disabled individuals in their respective counties.
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The district health department shall be the source of referral and information for the families or guardians of developmentally disabled individuals providing lifetime advice and guidance and referral to appropriate services.
(Ga. L. 1972, p. 700, § 5; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-5/HB 228.)
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in
Macon Ass'n for Retarded Citizens v. Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Comm'n, 252 Ga. 484, 314 S.E.2d 218, appeal dismissed, 469 U.S. 802, 105 S. Ct. 57, 83 L. Ed. 2d 8 (1984).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Welfare Laws,
§§
45, 46, 52.
C.J.S.
- 57 C.J.S., Mental Health,
§
228 et seq.